Dr LBC Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Just now, riceman80 said: @The LBC nailed this question for me earlier. Nepotism. Its still a good ole boys league when it comes to coaches Well, that and the trend hasn't caught on yet (and probably won't on any large scale ever, IMO) for HC's to dig into the Rolodex's of their more experienced assistants and not just from the trees that they themselves are from. Too many HC's opt for convenience over taking a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piquel Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 22 minutes ago, blizofoz45 said: I wonder how often FF players drafted Mahomes as their starter. I don't think even KC fans were that sold on him before this season. I drafted him in the 5th round, last year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Centurion Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 15 minutes ago, Malfatron said: To practice for the playoffs when they are up by over 3 scores, so they don't choke 1,000,000x this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMossIsBoss Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Rooting for Big Red to get himself a ring. This was a dominant performance, and the offense was ridiculous. You'd think the Bengals were only playing with 9 or 10 guys with how open Chiefs consistently got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannon12 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 1 hour ago, DirtyDez said: It was crackin 5+ years ago but some idiot got our mod @stchamp98 banned and it went down hill from there. Even the 13-3 year was pretty dead. Awww that sucks man I like seeing all fan bases getting rep’d it makes the universe better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelonebillsfan Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 46 minutes ago, TheVillain112 said: Stop stealing my gifs! 49 minutes ago, The LBC said: Well, that and the trend hasn't caught on yet (and probably won't on any large scale ever, IMO) for HC's to dig into the Rolodex's of their more experienced assistants and not just from the trees that they themselves are from. Too many HC's opt for convenience over taking a chance. Which is why the level of coaching in the league has just utterly cratered the last couple decades. The league is nothing but the same 100 guys cycling teams pretty much with the occasional spark of creativity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slateman Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 1 hour ago, blizofoz45 said: I wonder how often FF players drafted Mahomes as their starter. I don't think even KC fans were that sold on him before this season. He was still available after Week 3 in my league. I have Hill and Hunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr LBC Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Thelonebillsfan said: Stop stealing my gifs! Which is why the level of coaching in the league has just utterly cratered the last couple decades. The league is nothing but the same 100 guys cycling teams pretty much with the occasional spark of creativity. The thing is, in the right combinations those 100 guys can actually be creative, but the problem is we always seem to end up with similar combinations of the same 7-8 guys in mutliple instances. Where there's a former Norv Turner assistant, you're typically going to find other Norv Turner assistants, if not Norv himself. Same with "John Fox guys," "the Belichick guys that Belichick doesn't want," "Dennis Allen guys," "Paul Hackett guys," and so on and so forth. Birds of a feather keep flocking together. However, when you get some coaches who are willing to shake things up and mix in guys from different trees then even some previous thought-to-be-useless coaches have turned out to be effective - particularly as positional coaches or in positions with limited responsibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMossIsBoss Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 12 minutes ago, The LBC said: The thing is, in the right combinations those 100 guys can actually be creative, but the problem is we always seem to end up with similar combinations of the same 7-8 guys in mutliple instances. Where there's a former Norv Turner assistant, you're typically going to find other Norv Turner assistants, if not Norv himself. Same with "John Fox guys," "the Belichick guys that Belichick doesn't want," "Dennis Allen guys," "Paul Hackett guys," and so on and so forth. Birds of a feather keep flocking together. However, when you get some coaches who are willing to shake things up and mix in guys from different trees then even some previous thought-to-be-useless coaches have turned out to be effective - particularly as positional coaches or in positions with limited responsibility. I think a major key is just having a HC who doesn't have a big ego, a guy who knows what he doesn't know, and fills those gaps in knowledge/experience appropriately. So many of these new coaches come in set on modeling everything in their vision, getting their guys, and just running the show themselves. Sure, gotta establish you are the HEAD coach after all, but you've got double digit assistant coaches for a reason, utilize all of their brains. BB is the exception, not the rule, and at this point he's obviously long proven he deserves the control he gets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 8 hours ago, jrry32 said: How did that moron get another OC job? What is wrong with the NFL? It's like they'd rather reuse the same turds than give anyone who isn't part of the club a chance. Are we talking about Lazor? He's actually been pretty good. Teryl Austin has been awful though. Seems like his schemes don't fit the Bengals players, and he's not willing to adjust. And, ol' Marv is kind of gutless and refuses to play this game with any aggressiveness. He's a coach born for the 1960's when punting was a good thing. Now it's just an extended turnover, no matter how deep you pin the other offense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET80 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 8 hours ago, RandyMossIsBoss said: Rooting for Big Red to get himself a ring. If I'm going to put for a non-Texans team, it might be KC for Reid and Mahomes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET80 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 6 hours ago, The LBC said: However, when you get some coaches who are willing to shake things up and mix in guys from different trees then even some previous thought-to-be-useless coaches have turned out to be effective - particularly as positional coaches or in positions with limited responsibility. I think you can look at Wade Phillips and the two units he joined - McVay in LA and Kubiak in Denver/Houston, most notably that Kubiak pairing. Prior to Wade, Kubiak was very loyal to his brothers from house Shanahan on the defensive side. Once Kubiak had Wade forced on him, he put together a few winning seasons in Houston and even won a SB in Denver. Getting outside that comfort zone can lead to good things. I'd personally lend it to some groupthink that might take over with a homogeneous unit - hey, it worked in NE/Denver/Seattle/Baltimore, right? Getting a guy outside of the normal house means new trains of thought that lead to some improvements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y*so*blu Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Is this disaster over yet? I'm half expecting to turn on the TV and see Kansas City still pulverizing the Bengals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrry32 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 1 hour ago, theJ said: Are we talking about Lazor? He's actually been pretty good. Teryl Austin has been awful though. Seems like his schemes don't fit the Bengals players, and he's not willing to adjust. And, ol' Marv is kind of gutless and refuses to play this game with any aggressiveness. He's a coach born for the 1960's when punting was a good thing. Now it's just an extended turnover, no matter how deep you pin the other offense. Having witnessed what a good play caller looks like for the first time in a long time, trust me, Lazor is mediocre at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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